问题描述：
Hinting at Apple's next-generation AirPort products
By Katie Marsal
Published: 03:00 PM EST
Special Report: The next-generation Wi-Fi specification expected to begin making its way into Apple Computer's AirPort wireless products next year could offer raw data rates that are more than five times faster than today's wireless products.
The emerging 802.11n specification -- the successor to 802.11g -- will differ from its predecessors in that it will provide for a variety of "optional modes" and configurations that dictate different maximum raw data rates, according to a white paper released this week by Apple wireless chip supplier Broadcom.
These optional modes will enable the emerging standard to provide baseline performance parameters for all 802.11n devices, while allowing hardware manufacturers to enhance or tune capabilities to accommodate different applications and price points.
With every possible option enabled, 802.11n could offer raw data rates up to 600 Mbps, the company said. However, most WLAN hardware will not need to support every option, and therefore most 802.11n hardware is expected to advocate support for raw data rates of up to 300 Mbps.
Demand for Wi-Fi technologies has experienced phenomenal growth during the past several years, evolving quickly from novelty into necessity. As a measure of this expansion, WLAN chipset shipments in 2005 surpassed the 100-million-unit mark, a more than tenfold increase from 2001 shipments of less than 10 million units.
So far, demand for the technology has been driven primarily by users connecting notebook computers to networks at work and to the Internet at home as well as at coffee shops, airports, hotels, and other mobile gathering places. As a result, Wi-Fi technology is most commonly found in notebook computers and Internet access devices such as routers and DSL or cable modems. In fact, more than 90 percent of all notebook computers now ship with built-in WLAN, according to Broadcom.
The growing pervasiveness of Wi-Fi is helping to extend the technology beyond the PC and into consumer electronics applications like Internet telephony, music streaming, gaming, and even photo viewing and in-home video transmission. Personal video recorders and other A/V storage appliances that collect content in one spot for enjoyment around the home are accelerating this trend.
With all its new users, as well as a growing number of conventional users, Wi-Fi networks are often becoming saturated. The emerging 802.11n specification promises to alleviate most of this strain once when it is finalized early next year, offering not only higher data rates but increased reliability.
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问题解答：
隐藏在苹果的下一代机场产品
由凯蒂， Marsal
发布日期：下午3点预测
特别报告：下一代Wi - Fi的规格，预计将于使其成为苹果电脑公司的机场无线产品明年可提供的原始数据率是5倍以上速度比今天的无线产品。
新兴的802.11n规格-继任者8 02.11克-将不同于它的前辈在这将提供一个不同的“任择模式”和配置，决定了不同的最高原始数据率，根据白皮书的发表，这周由苹果电脑无线芯片供应商Broadcom的。
这些可选模式，将使新兴的标准提供基准性能参数为所有的802.11n设备，同时允许硬件制造商，以提高或调重弹的能力，以容纳不同的应用程序和价格点。
与每一个可能的选择启用， 802.11n标准可以提供原始数据速率高达600 Mbps的，该公司表示。然而，大多数的WLAN硬件就不用支持每个选项，因此，最802.11n标准的硬件，预计主张支持原始数据速率高达300 Mbps的。
需求Wi - Fi技术经历了显着的增长在过去几年中，格局迅速形成，从新奇到的必要性。作为衡量这个扩展，无线局域网芯片组出货量在2005年超过了100万马克的单位，更比增加了10倍，从2001年出货量不到10万台。
直至目前为止，需求，该技术已被逐出主要是由用户连接笔记本电脑到网络的工作，并在互联网上首页，以及在咖啡馆，机场，旅馆，和其他移动聚集场所。因此， Wi - Fi技术是最常见的发现，在笔记本电脑和互联网接入设备，如路由器和DSL或电缆调制解调器。事实上，在90 ％以上的所有笔记本电脑，现在船设有内置式无线局域网，根据Broadcom的。
日益普及的Wi - Fi是帮助延长技术已经超越电脑业和到消费类电子产品应用，如互联网电话，音乐流，游戏，甚至看照片和在家庭视频传输。个人录影机及其他音频/视频存储设备，收集的内容之一，现场享受周围的主页正在加速这一趋势。
同所有新用户，以及越来越多的传统的用户， Wi - Fi网络，往往成为饱和。新兴的802.11n规格的承诺，以纾缓大部分的应变一旦当它最后在明年年初，不仅提供更高的数据传输率，但增加了可靠性。
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